Podcast: Darts and Letters (LS 35 · TOP 3% what is this?)Episode: EP61: Enter the Zuckerverse (ft. Sandrine Han and Ian Bogost)Pub date: 2022-07-15 The term “metaverse” was coined in a 1993 science fiction novel. Since then, it’s grown from a dystopian literary concept to a reality that corporations want to sell you. Strap on some VR goggles and escape your tired analog life! Except that the systemic issues we already have seem to be creeping into the metaverse, too. As

Podcast: This Is Hell! (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Profit Uber Alles - The Uber Files / Dean StarkmanPub date: 2022-07-18We welcome Dean Starkman of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists to talk about the coverage of the Uber Files, detailing the misdealings and corruption that the rideshare giant engages in. Producer Seb Wuepper gets on his soapbox to talk about the old question whether or not the United States is a democracy, we present your hangover cure

Podcast: The Rational Reminder Podcast (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Understanding Crypto 6: Bruce Schneier: Security, Trust, and BlockchainPub date: 2022-07-08Welcome back to another episode of our limited addition Crypto Series on the Rational Reminder Podcast, a weekly reality check about sensible investing and financial decision-making. Are cryptocurrencies and the associated technologies beneficial? Could they change the world for the better? There is a lot of controversy

Podcast: University of Minnesota PressEpisode: Algorithms of Education: Data and its role in education policyPub date: 2022-07-12How do educational policy studies need to shift to remain adequate to the emergence of powerful forms of technology? In ALGORITHMS OF EDUCATION, Kalervo N. Gulson, Sam Sellar, and P. Taylor Webb explore how, for policy makers, big data creates the illusion of greater control over educational futures. They propose that schools and governments are increasingly turning to

Podcast: Digital Planet (LS 51 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Are internet shutdowns evolving?Pub date: 2022-07-12Internet shutdowns have been a global issue for many years, and Digital Planet has reported on many of them, from Cuba and Myanmar to Iran. A new United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) report now warns of the dramatic real-life effects. Gareth speaks to Peggy Hicks, one of the authors of the report, about how internet shutdowns impact the lives of millions worldwide. In

Podcast: The Rational Reminder Podcast (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Understanding Crypto 6: Bruce Schneier: Security, Trust, and BlockchainPub date: 2022-07-08Welcome back to another episode of our limited addition Crypto Series on the Rational Reminder Podcast, a weekly reality check about sensible investing and financial decision-making. Are cryptocurrencies and the associated technologies beneficial? Could they change the world for the better? There is a lot of controversy

Podcast: University of Minnesota PressEpisode: Algorithms of Education: Data and its role in education policyPub date: 2022-07-12How do educational policy studies need to shift to remain adequate to the emergence of powerful forms of technology? In ALGORITHMS OF EDUCATION, Kalervo N. Gulson, Sam Sellar, and P. Taylor Webb explore how, for policy makers, big data creates the illusion of greater control over educational futures. They propose that schools and governments are increasingly turning to

Podcast: New Books in Anthropology (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Roberto J. González, "War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future" (U California Press, 2022)Pub date: 2022-07-01A critical look at how the US military is weaponizing technology and data for new kinds of warfare—and why we must resist. War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future (University of California Press, 2022) is the story of

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 15 Years of the iPhone w/ Brian MerchantPub date: 2022-06-30Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss the impact of the iPhone after 15 years, including its effects on how we work, how we use technology, and what it’s meant for Apple.Brian Merchant is a tech journalist, author of  The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, and co-editor of Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn. Follow Brian on Twitter at

Podcast: New Books in Anthropology (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Roberto J. González, "War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future" (U California Press, 2022)Pub date: 2022-07-01A critical look at how the US military is weaponizing technology and data for new kinds of warfare—and why we must resist. War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future (University of California Press, 2022) is the story of

Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 15 Years of the iPhone w/ Brian MerchantPub date: 2022-06-30Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss the impact of the iPhone after 15 years, including its effects on how we work, how we use technology, and what it’s meant for Apple.Brian Merchant is a tech journalist, author of  The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, and co-editor of Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn. Follow Brian on Twitter at

Podcast: Today in Focus (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Understanding the cryptocurrency crashPub date: 2022-07-05This year has been a disaster for many investors in cryptocurrencies. Alex Hern draws the parallels of the spreading panic in the new digital economy with the 2008 financial crisis. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/infocus">theguardian.com/infocus</a>The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are

Podcast: Today in Focus (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Understanding the cryptocurrency crashPub date: 2022-07-05This year has been a disaster for many investors in cryptocurrencies. Alex Hern draws the parallels of the spreading panic in the new digital economy with the 2008 financial crisis. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/infocus">theguardian.com/infocus</a>The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are

Podcast: New Books in Critical Theory (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Mark Andrejevic, "Automated Media" (Routledge, 2019)Pub date: 2022-06-24In this era of pervasive automation, Mark Andrejevic provides an original framework for tracing the logical trajectory of automated media and their social, political, and cultural consequences.Automated Media (Routledge, 2019) explores the cascading logic of automation, which develops from the information collection process through to data

Podcast: Science Weekly (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Shitcoins: are pointless cryptocurrencies a scam or a gamble?Pub date: 2022-06-28When the Guardian’s UK technology editor Alex Hern was contacted on Twitter to ask if he was involved in a new cryptocurrency called Tsuka, he assumed they just wanted him to buy it. He ignored the messages. But soon after Alex realised that, without knowing it, he was already involved. What happened next reveals a lot about the strange world of

Podcast: New Books in Critical Theory (LS 45 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Mark Andrejevic, "Automated Media" (Routledge, 2019)Pub date: 2022-06-24In this era of pervasive automation, Mark Andrejevic provides an original framework for tracing the logical trajectory of automated media and their social, political, and cultural consequences.Automated Media (Routledge, 2019) explores the cascading logic of automation, which develops from the information collection process through to data

Podcast: Science Weekly (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Shitcoins: are pointless cryptocurrencies a scam or a gamble?Pub date: 2022-06-28When the Guardian’s UK technology editor Alex Hern was contacted on Twitter to ask if he was involved in a new cryptocurrency called Tsuka, he assumed they just wanted him to buy it. He ignored the messages. But soon after Alex realised that, without knowing it, he was already involved. What happened next reveals a lot about the strange world of

Podcast: This Machine Kills (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: 170. Seasons in the Crypto Abyss (ft. David Gerard)Pub date: 2022-06-24We are joined by David Gerard – longtime critic of blockchain, even before it was cool – to discuss the experience of staring into the crypto abyss and having it stare back into you. Follow, read, and support David here: ••• Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidgerard ••• Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/book/ ••• Libra

Podcast: This Machine Kills (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: 170. Seasons in the Crypto Abyss (ft. David Gerard)Pub date: 2022-06-24We are joined by David Gerard – longtime critic of blockchain, even before it was cool – to discuss the experience of staring into the crypto abyss and having it stare back into you. Follow, read, and support David here: ••• Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidgerard ••• Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/book/ ••• Libra

Podcast: Make Me Data LiterateEpisode: Ellen Broad talks Cybernetics, Data Science, and Life.Pub date: 2022-06-17“I love that the thing that I work on is actually so consequential to better decision making, to solving real world problems. To understanding and evaluating forces in our world. I just love that I’m part of a way of making a difference that has applications in so many settings.” “How do we start to… Continue reading Ellen Broad talks Cybernetics, Data